The media stood for Bush, just not every single time. And they don’t for Obama either.
Rob is a lil baby.
Mark
I figured they would be “genuflecting”.
javapoppa
The MSM would never stand for Bush but the military people that he visited all spontaneously leaped to their feet and cheered. Who would you rather have cheering you?
robert108
I actually agree with you that nobody is capable of being completely innocent of bias.
It is foolish to base any argument on the expectation of perfection from imperfect human beings. Govt is even worse, as it’s imperfect human behavior at the lowest common denominator.
Dino hasn’t been able to credibly relate to the last thirty years of American history (or reality…or both!), why would anyone think that he could reliably characterize the history of classical liberal thought for the last three hundred years both here and abroad?
Except, whatever he’s smoking makes him extremely stupid! Try reading the quote I highlighted. Particularly the first line: “Liberals have ALWAYS been more inclusive of con opinion.”
Then go to any PBS (emphasis BS) or NPR station and check out the ratio of liberals to conservatives.
Our ideas shaped this country, created this culture,
Classic liberalism did that. Not the modern socialistic variety. The Founding Fathers were much more conservatives than anything approaching the modern liberal.
Take another toke off that crack pipe, Dino. It makes you think you’re much more intelligent than you really are!
Stewartized
Of course his first post is on conservatives “victimhood claims.” Then he of course, claims, victimhood for himself.
I don’t believe there is concerted bias. Personal bias is impossible to dispense with until they replace media people with robots. But to say that “the media” is biased in favor of liberals is an old crutch conservatives have been using since they came up with the idea back during the civil rights struggle. Segregationists didn’t think they got a fair shake. Imagine that.
I watched FOX this morning and saw nothing but bias. Intentional bias. Not-even-hiding-it bias.
Perhaps the Obama admin requested that the press stand when he enters the room. Reagan dispensed with people yelling out questions like they used to do, prefering that people get called upon. You may not remember that.
Little dino lies again; lefties are absolutely intolerant of any dissenting opinions, and his own white hot hate for real American values and principles illustrates that better than anything else. He wishes to eliminate any diversity of opinion, using violence, which he advocates regularly.
Classic liberalism did that. Not the modern socialistic variety.
They are one in the same. You just think that redefining liberalism allows conservatives to co-opt it and make the claim that liberals who created our culture were “really” conservatives. It’s tortured logic designed to make it seem like conservatives have ever been anything more than a drag on freedom and equality and an anchor to societal progress.
Conservatives have fought anything but preserving the status quo. That defines conservatism. Then when liberals make progress, cons pretend it was their idea.
Mark my words. In 10-20 years when gay people are enjoying widespread acceptance and freedom to marry, the conservatives of that time will be claiming it was all their idea. That’s what they did with all other groups seeking equality and all other issues of fairness that we hold dear. They were dragged kicking and screaming towards the future and then when they arrived decades later tried to claim credit.
RK
There’s all kinds of media research out there–just look it up. The Washington press core is hiding their embarassment to no avail. Bernie Goldberg has so completely outed them they have no fig leaves left. And no one who really wants to know what’s going on relies on a single source anymore.
If I could only have one, I’d take maybe the WSJ or US-NWR. They at least still make the effort.
Stewartized
From his comments i see the source of little Dino`s hysterical rants- he`s pissed because he can`t marry a man. Explains a lot.
As for “ideological balance”: Are there hiring practices in place to bar conservatives? Not likely. Maybe cons are too busy fucking other people out of their money in more capitalistic endeavors like hedge funds to worry about being a low paid reporter.
Every paper has con commentary columns no matter what the ideological position of the paper. ALL of them. But that’s not good enough for cons. They want to dominate the voice. That asshole Beck was on CNN. Name me a liberal on FOX. Colmes? That neutered freak?
Liberals have ALWAYS been more inclusive of con opinion. Cons, not so much. In fact, almost not at all. That’s because the truth and the way we live is more aligned with liberalism whether you people like it or not. Our ideas shaped this country, created this culture, while yours failed. In a way we’re ALL liberals.
robert108
I don’t believe there is concerted bias.
The truth has nothing to do with what you believe, little dino. The real bias is not in the biased stories, but in the overall bias of ignoring real American values, on a constant basis.
Had the true story of the Tet Offensive been available on the news at the time, along with the false reporting, the American public might have chosen to continue to support the war, but it wasn’t available, and public support vanished, thus insuring our loss in Vietnam.
There’s more to bias than just false information, little dino.
Liberals have ALWAYS been more inclusive of con opinion. Cons, not so much. In fact, almost not at all. That’s because the truth and the way we live is more aligned with liberalism whether you people like it or not. Our ideas shaped this country, created this culture, while yours failed. In a way we’re ALL liberals.
Screw you libs, the press corp is a bunch of biased ass lickers. There is no arguing the fact
captain_sticky
On board ship, we get some of our information from friends we’ve made around the world. We checked with our White House source and were advised that folks were asked never to stand when Mr. Bush entered a room to avoid scaring the shit out of him.
The Cold War, won by conservative principles and conservative leadership.
The War on Poverty, which is still losing massive amounts of money, and has made no difference in poverty, while decimating black culture in the inner cities.
The push for “affordable housing” by rigging the home loan market, which produced the housing bubble and eventual recession.
Obama’s “spreading the wealth”, which spreads wealth only to the greedy govt, while destroying American wealth in record amounts and piling up record amounts of debt.
Dem energy policy, which has cost Americans trillions in lost income, jacked up fuel prices and utility prices, and is partially responsible for funding Islamofascist terrorism all over the world.
Just a few of a very large number…
http://sayanythingblog.com robport
Dino, I actually agree with you that nobody is capable of being completely innocent of bias. So why not have our media outlets admit that? And seek ideological balance?
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808
The media stands and cheers for one of two reasons: you’re far enough left that they’re pinning their hopes on you or you’re popular enough that they smell which way the wind is blowing and don’t want to run afoul of an obviously differently and strongly minded majority.
They’ve been far left of center for many many years now. That’s not changing as long as the university culture they come from remains dominated by leftist theorists.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport
Well, at least you don’t even try to defend the media from accusations of bias any more.
Personally, I don’t really have a problem with the bias. I just wish they’d be honest about it and quit pretending to be objective.
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